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Venom vs Poison (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

In german there is only one word for it, which is a gift for german speakers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The fact that we're having this discussion at all kind of proves that either English is losing the distinction, or it was never as clear a distinction as people sometimes make it out to be. Either way I'm fine with it because it doesn't seem like a very useful distinction to make in everyday language, and you can sidestep it entirely by using a word like toxic instead.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We say poison tipped arrows, not venom tipped arrows, so there's at least one example of the words being interchangeable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nah, if I remember right, those arrows use the poison from a tree frog's skin, not something like a snake's venom. So still poison!

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